book editor romance historical fiction mystery suspense crime horror fantasy science fiction young adult Stavra Ketchmark has edited more than 200 fiction titles while working for major publishing houses, as well as numerous medical, technical, and scientific trade, academic, and professional titles. She specializes in a variety of fiction genres, including romance, historical, mystery, suspense, crime, horror, fantasy, science fiction, and young adult. Her nonfiction specialties include all medical disciplines, nursing, allied health, alternative health, political science/politics, history, journalism, religion, parenting, and cooking.

Stavra has also helped a broad range of corporate clients fine-tune their annual reports, advertisements, websites, and other marketing materials to achieve the image they are seeking.

Her edited manuscripts have been published by Wadsworth, Mosby, Signet, Roc, NAL Trade, Thompson Delmar Learning, and Onyx.

Partial List of Fiction Projects

In all cases, worked on as copyeditor, line editor, production editor, or proofreader.

*Author*	*Title*	*Publisher; Date of Publication*
Anders, Lou, ed.	Live Without a Net	(Roc; 7/03)
Bellamy, Adrienne	Connecting	(NAL Trade; 3/05)
Beverley, Jo	The Rogue’s Return	(Signet; 3/06)
Beverley, Jo	Lord of My Heart	(Signet; 10/02)
Brandt, Kathy	Swimming with the Dead	(Signet; 10/03)
Brant, James	The Vatican Connection	(Onyx; 10/03)
Butcher, Jim	Proven Guilty	(Roc; 5/06)
Caine, Rachel	Glass Houses	(NAL Jam; 10/06)
Carl, JoAnne	The Chocolate Frog Frame-up	(Signet; 12/03)
Chance, Karen	Touch the Dark	(Roc; 6/06)
Connor, Beverly	Dead Past	(Onyx; 2/07)
Coulter, Catherine	Jade Star	(Signet; 6/02) [reissue]
Cross, Janine	Shadowed By Wings	(Roc Trade; 8/06)
Darden, Christopher & Lochte, Dick	Lawless	(NAL; 1/04)
Dodd, Christina	Tongue in Chic	(Signet; 2/07)
Dodd, Christina	Trouble in High Heels	(Signet; 8/06)
Follett, Ken	Paper Money	(Signet; 9/03) [reissue]
Freethy, Barbara	Taken	(Signet; 6/06)
Gaffney, Patricia	To Have and To Hold	(NAL Trade; 3/03) [reissue]
Gaffney, Patricia	To Love and To Cherish	(NAL Trade; 2/03) [reissue]
Gaffney, Patricia	Forever and Ever	(NAL Trade; 4/03) [reissue]
Girard, Danielle	The Rookie Club	(Signet; 6/06)
Gould, Judith	The Best Is Yet to Come	(Signet; 9/03)
Green, Risa	Tales from the Crib	(NAL; 4/06)
Green, Simon	Deathstalker Return	(Roc; 2/05)
Grimes, Martha	The Old Fox Deceiv’d	(Onyx; 6/03) [reissue]
Heath, Sandra	The Whispering Rocks	(Signet; 6/05)
Hendee, Barb & J. C.	Rebel Fay	(Roc; 1/07)
Hendee, Barb & J. C.	Sister of the Dead	(Roc; 1/05)
Henry, Sue	Murder at Five Finger Light	(NAL; 4/05)
Holt, Hazel	Mrs. Malory and Death in Practice	(Signet; 7/03)
Keizer, Gregg	The Longest Night	(Signet; 8/05)
Kerley, Jack	The Death Collectors	(Signet; 5/06)
King, Jonathon	A Killing Night	(Signet; 4/06)
Lehmann, Stephanie	The Art of Undressing	(NAL; 3/05)
Little, Bentley	The Return	(Signet; 9/02)
Manning, Jason	The Long Hunters	(Signet; 10/02)
McCarver, Sam	The Case of the Uninvited Guest	(Signet; 8/02)
McGarrity, Michael	Slow Kill	(Onyx; 8/05)
McMillan, Terry	Mama	(NAL Trade; 12/05) [reissue]
Miller, B. E.	Silent Assault	(Onyx; 7/05)
Mindel, Jenna	Lord Grafton’s Promise	(Signet; 11/05)
Mullany, Janet	Dedication	(Signet; 9/05)
Myers, Tamar	Custard’s Last Stand	(Signet; 1/04)
Racina, Thom	Never Forget	(Signet; 8/02)
Randisi, Robert	High Stakes	(Signet; 9/03)
Randisi, Robert, ed.	Most Wanted	(Signet; 9/02)
Rice, Patricia	The Trouble with Magic	(Signet; 8/03)
Robbins, David	By the Horns	(Signet; 4/06)
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn	Buried Deep	(Roc; 4/05)
Scott, Susan Holloway	Duchess	(NAL Trade; 8/06)
Shalvis, Jill	Seeing Red	(Signet Eclipse; 4/05)
Sharpe, Jon	Trailsman 294:Oregan Outlaws	(Signet; 4/06)
Sharpe, Jon	Trailsman 302: Black Rock Pass	(Signet; 1/07)
Sharpe, Jon	Trailsman Giant: Idaho Blood Spoor	(Signet; 2/06)
Slade, Michael	Kamikaze	(Signet; 11/06)
Small, Bertrice	Blaze Wyndham	(NAL Trade; 5/03)
Small, Bertrice	The Last Heiress	(NAL Trade; 10/05)
Spencer, Wen	Tainted Trail	(Roc; 6/02)
Sprinkle, Patricia	Who Invited the Dead Man?	(Signet; 7/02)
Stahl, Maryanne	The Opposite Shore	(NAL Accent; 6/05)
Starling, Boris	Vodka	(Onyx; 2/06)
Stirling, S. M.	Conquistador	(Roc; 2/03)
Stirling, S. M.	The Peshawar Lancers	(Roc; 1/02)
Sullivan, Thomas	Born Burning	(Signet; 12/02)
Swanson, Denise	Murder of a Barbie and Ken	(Signet; 11/03)
Tarr, Judith	King’s Blood	(Roc; 10/05)
Tremayne, Peter	Badger’s Moon	(Signet; 7/06)
Tremayne, Peter	Smoke in the Wind	(Signet; 6/05)
Turtledove, Harry	In the Presence of Mine Enemies	(NAL; 11/03)
Turtledove, Harry	Days of Infamy	(NAL; 11/04)
Viets, Elaine	Murder Unleashed	(NAL; 5/06)
Viets, Elaine	Dying to Call You	(Signet; 10/04)
West, Charles G.	The Hostile Trail	(Signet; 9/06)
Willig, Lauren	The Masque of the Black Tulip	(NAL Trade; 11/06)
Winters, Jill	Lime Ricky	(Signet; 5/06)

Partial List of Nonfiction Titles

In all cases, worked on as copyeditor, line editor, production editor, or proofreader.

*Author*	*Title*	*Publisher; Date of Publication*
Aiken, Tonya Dandry, ed.	Legal, Ethical, and Political Issues in Nursing, 2/e	(F. A. Davis; 2004)
AJN/Mosby	Nursing Board Review for NCLEX-RN, 10/e	(Mosby; 1997)
AJN/Mosby	Question & Answer Book for NCLEX-RN, 5/e	(Mosby; 1997)
Andrews, Brian	Intensive Care in Neurosurgery	(Thieme/AANS; 2003)
Ashby, Jr., Homer	Our Home Is Over Jordan: A Black Pastoral Theology	(Chalice Press; 2004)
Ball, Kay	Mosby’s Perioperative Nursing Series: Endoscopic Surgery	(Mosby; 1997)
Baura, Gail Dawn	Engineering Ethics: An Industrial Perspective	(Academic Press; 2006)
Bayer, Charles	Connect: Faith in Action	(Chalice Press; 2004)
Beatty, Jeffrey & Samuelson, Susan	Legal Environment, 2/e	(West Publishing; 2004)
Beebe, Andrew, et al.	Functional Anatomy for Emergency Medical Services	(Thomson Delmar Learning; 2001)
Bertoti, Delores	Clinical Neurorehabilitation: Focus on Treatment Effectiveness in Children and Adults	(F. A. Davis; 2004)
Bond, L. Susan	Contemporary African American Preaching: Diversity in Theory and Style	(Chalice Press; 2003)
Bracke, John & Tye, Karen	Teaching the Bible in Church	(Chalice Press; 2003)
Butz, Stephen	Science of Earth Systems	(Thompson Delmar Learning; 2004)
Chalice Press	Fellowship of Prayer: Daily Meditations 2003	(Chalice Press; 2003)
Collier, Idolia Cox, et al.	Writing Nursing Diagnoses: A Critical Thinking Approach	(Mosby; 1996)
Cook, Albert & Hussey, Susan	Assistive Technologies: Principles and Practices, 2/e	(Mosby; 2001)
Coon, Dennis	Psychology: A Modular Approach to Mind and Behavior, 11/e	(Wadsworth; 2008)
Damjanov, Ivan & Linder, James	Anderson’s Pathology, 10/e	(Mosby; 1996)
Dubuisson, Wanda	From Hospital to Home	(Jones & Bartlett; 2001)
Flynn, John	Procedures in Phlebotomy, 3/e	(W. B. Saunders; 2004)
Gatterman, Meridel	Foundations of Chiropractic: Subluxation	(Mosby; 1995)
Hoeltke, Lynn	Phlebotomy: Procedures and Practices	(Thomson Delmar Learning; 2006)
Hoffman, K. Douglas & Batemen, John	Essentials of Services Marketing: Concepts, Strategies, and Cases	(South-Western College Publications; 2001)
Ingraham, John & Ingraham, Catherine	Introduction to Microbiology, 3/e	(Brooks/Cole; 2003)
Kern, Morton & Deligonul, Ubeydullah	Interventional Cardiac Catheterization Handbook	(Mosby; 1996)
Lawhead, James & Baker, MeeCee	Introduction to Veterinary Science	(Thompson Delmar Learning; 2003)
Lawhead, William	Voyage of Discovery: A Historical Introduction to Philosophy, 3/e	(Wadsworth; 2006)
Leifer, Gloria & Hartston, Heidi	Growth and Development Across the Lifespan	(Elsevier; 2004)
Leonard, Peggy	Building a Medical Vocabulary, 6/e	(W. B. Saunders; 2005)
Lichtmann, Ronnie, et al.	Dr. Guttmacher’s Pregnancy, Birth & Family Planning	(NAL Trade; 2003)
Lobo, Rogerio	Treatment of the Postmenopausal Woman: Basic and Clinical Aspects, 3/e	(Elsevier; 2007)
Lundy, Karen & James, Sharon	Community Health Nursing: Caring for the Public’s Health	(Jones & Bartlett; 2001)
MacGregor, Trish	Sydney Omarr’s Astrological Guide for You in 2007	(Signet; 2006)
Malone, Terry	Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy, 3/e	(Mosby; 1997)
Mathews, Paul & Ludwig, Barbara	Clinical Application of Blood Gases, 5/e	(Mosby; 1994)
McDonald, Ian & Noseworthy, John	Multiple Sclerosis 2 (Blue Book of Practical Neurology)	(Butterworth-Heinemann; 2003)
McKenry, Leda & Salerno, Evelyn	Mosby’s Pharmacology in Nursing, 20/e	(Mosby; 1998)
McQuillan, Karen, et al.	Trauma Nursing: From Resuscitation Through Rehabilitation, 3/e	(Mosby; 2001)
Mitchell, Gary	A Sniper’s Journey: The Truth About the Man Behind the Rifle	(NAL Hardcover; 2006)
Mitchell, Joyce & Haroun, Lee	Introduction to Health Care, 2/e	(Thomson Delmar Learning; 2006)
Mosby	Mosby’s Dental Dictionary, 2/e	(Elsevier; 2008)
Murphy, Kathleen	Pediatric Triage Guidelines	(Mosby; 1997)
Nadol, Joseph & McKenna, Michael	Surgery of the Ear and Temporal Bone, 2/e	(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2004)
Nagle, Gratia	Mosby’s Perioperative Nursing Series: Genitourinary Surgery	(Mosby; 1997)
Nichols, C. William	Day by Day Through the Psalms	(Chalice Press; 2003)
Niles, D. Preman	From East and West: Rethinking Christian Mission	(Chalice Press; 2003)
Oxtoby, David, et al.	Principles of Modern Chemistry, 5/e	(Brooks/Cole; 2002)
Pagano, Robert	Understanding Statistics in the Behavioral Sciences, 8/e	(Wadsworth; 2006)
Peterson, Veronica	Just the Facts: A Pocket Guide to Basic Nursing	(Mosby; 1995)
Pinger, Robert, et al.	Drugs: Issues for Today	(Mosby; 1995)
Poling, James Newton	Understanding Male Violence: Pastoral Care Issues	(Chalice Press; 2003)
Pulido, Jose	Requisites in Ophthalmology: Retina, Choroid, and Vitreous	(Mosby; 2002)
Roberts, Mary Lou	Internet Marketing: Integrating Online and Offline Strategies	(Atomic Dog; 2007)
Safran, Marc, et al.	Instructions for Sports Medicine Patients	(Elsevier; 2003)
Scheib, Karen	Challenging Invisibility: Practices of Care with Older Women	(Chalice Press; 2004)
Smith, Bradford & King, Christine	Field Guide to Large Animal Medicine	(Mosby; 2001)
Squire, Peverill, et al.	Dynamics of Democracy, 5/e	(Atomic Dog; 2007)
Staywell	Well Advised: Your Guide for Making Smart Health Decisions	(Krames-Staywell; 2002)
Steussy, Marti, ed.	Chalice Introduction to the Old Testament	(Chalice Press; 2003)
Stiehm, E. Richard, et al.	Immunologic Disorders in Infants and Children, 5/e	(Elsevier; 2004)
Stillwell, Susan	Mosby’s Critical Care Nursing Reference, 2/e	(Mosby; 1996)
Stuart, Gail	Pocket Guide to Psychiatric Nursing, 5/e	(Mosby; 2002)
Van Blerkom, Dianna	Orientation to College Learning, 5/e	(Wadsworth; 2006)
VanDerZanden, Ann Marie, & Rodie, Steven	Landscape Design: Theory and Application	(Thompson Delmar Learning; 2007)
Williams, Linda & Hopper, Paula	Understanding Medical-Surgical Nursing, 2/e	(F. A. Davis; 2003)

She is an expert in electronic editing using Microsoft Word, and is proficient in WordPerfect, PageMaker, and QuarkXpress. She has a working knowledge of HTML and SGML.

Developmental editing, line editing, rewriting, copyediting, proofreading, critiques, submission materials (query letters, synopses, cover letters)
Fiction: romance, historical, mystery, suspense, crime, horror, fantasy, science fiction, literary
Nonfiction: Medical, nursing, alternative health, politics, history, journalism, religion/spiritual, parenting, business, cooking.

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